Technical Committees: Current Areas Of Work

We've recently launched a study group to look into issues surrounding monitoring and minimization of noise pollution due to outdoor events.

The primary contributors to the group are:

* Etienne Corteel (L-Acoustics, France)

* Christian Frick (Rocket Science, Switzerland)

* Jim Griffiths (Vanguardia, UK)

* Adam Hill (University of Derby, UK)

* Marcel Kok (dBcontrol, Netherlands)

* Bob McCarthy (Meyer Sound, USA)

* Kees Neervoort (Event Acoustics, Netherlands)

* Elena Shabalina (d&b, Germany)

The general aim of this group is to develop a set of recommendations outlining what needs to be done to address the issue of noise pollution due to outdoor events, with an emphasis on practicality and preservation of a good audience experience.

standards,

workshops,

Track and recommend standards development for audio networking

Assemble and organize workshops and other AES convention activities related to audio networking

Parametric Multi-Channel/Multi-Object Audio Coding

Coding of 3D Audio Signals

Low Delay General Audio Coding

Combined Audio/Speech Coding

Producing a next generation of the TC's popular educational CD ROM 'Perceptual Audio Coders - What to Listen for' with an extended artifact inventory and - possibly - surround sound examples

The Technical Committee of Studio Practices and Production is currently collaborating with the Producer's and Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy in several areas.

In the area of Master Delivery Recommendations, we support a best-practices document that is released to both the AES and the NARAS constituencies.

Also, we are currently developing high-resolution, surround demonstrations for the upcoming AES Convention in San Francisco in the fall of 2006. These demonstrations will be hands-on with broad interaction between the audiencees and well-known practitioners in the field.

At this moment the TCMA is providing input for workshops, tutorials, etc. to be held in conjunction with society conventions.

- Max SPL

- Automotive loudspeaker measurements

- Common best practice

Organizing a 2nd International AES Conference on Hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention. Anticipated Date: Late 2015 to early 2016

Re-starting an program to provide hearing screening testing at AES Conventions in the US and Europe, on a permanent basis.

Organize a Special issue of JAES on hearing and Hearing Loss Prevention topics.

To extend knowledge of audio forensic practice and techniques world-wide

To identify areas requiring additional research

To bring together professionals and students in the area of audio forensics

To encourage publication of papers, and to arrange tutorials, conferences and workshops, within the AES

To support standards committees on forensic audio via fostering of refereed journal publications

Standards work to produce a modern, workable, and accurate procedure to test and calibrate a sound system is underway as SC-04-08.

Cinema Loudness: a study group, led by Eelco Grimm, is working on a report dealing with aspects of this issue.

Subbass Loudness/Measurement: We are continuing to have discussions on this issue, raised at the 57th Conference in Hollywood and discussed in New York.

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